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AUGUSTANA •
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO SAY IT
Friday, March 2, 1956 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
VOL. XXXVII—No. 20
Nursing Director Reveals New
Hospital Training Centers
Artist's Series---
Chanticleers to Appear
In Concert Thursday Debaters Enter NW Meet
Win 12 of 15 at Nebraska
AUGIE'S DEBATE squad left Wednesday for the North-west
tourney in St. Paul, co-sponsored by Macalester and
St. Thomas colleges.
Traditionally this tournament is the largest of the for-ensic
season. Nine states will be represented from about 70
colleges and universities.
Last year the Augie girls' team placed third in
the tournament; the boys finished in the top ten
schools classification.
Making the trip are Bob Berdahl, Curt Olsen,
Mike Rogness, Connie Sikkink and Eva Kirchner.
Last weekend Viking teams won a total of 12 debates of
15 entered at the Nebraska Invitational tournament held at
Nebraska university. There were 52 entries from 9 states.
Terry Hokenstad and Berdahl won excellent ratings in
discussion and oratory respectively. Paul Rogness received
a superior in extemporaneous speaking. Teams debating
were Berdahl-Hokenstad, Ray Skoglund-Olsen and Mike-
Paul Rogness.
Student Chest Drive To Open
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the student chest drive will see
that every Viking is contacted in the combined drive scheduled for
March 15-23.
Three efforts are combined in one—foreign students' fund,
Lutheran Student action and the Plymouth Youth center of Minne-apolis.
Pictured above are members of the drive's directing committee:
Marilyn Timm? co-publicity chairman; Carol Larson, secretary; Curt
Olsen, co-publicity chairman; John Vickerman, treasurer; and Vern
Broughton, general chairman.
Now in their second successive season of giving concerts
in the Upper Midwest, the Chanticleers will be heard here
Thursday at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium under the sponsorship
of the artist and lecture series.
Experienced soloists, each
Chanticleer brings to the ensem-ble
a rich background in opera,
radio, TV, concert, Broadway
shows and choral work.
William Diard, tenor, comes to
the Chanticleers from Florida.
A former member of the Miami
opera company, Diard has ap-peared
with the Amato opera
company in New York City and
has toured with the New York
City opera company in that com-pany's
version of Romeo and
Juliet. He has appeared at the
Olympia in Miami and has been
tenor soloist with the Miami sym-phony
orchestra.
Tenor Richard Wright hails
from Ohio. Following his
graduation from the Cincin-nati
conservatory, he attend-ed
the Music Academy of
the West where in addition
to continued vocal work with
Bonelli, he pursued advanced
theory and composition stud-ies
with Schoenberg and Mil-haud.
Arizona-born Raymond Keast,
an alumnus of the San Francisco
conservatory, was awarded a fel-lowship
at Juilliard graduate
school and was a pupil of John
Charles Thomas as well. Keast
has appeared with the San Fran-cisco
opera and sang the role of
Valentine in Maggie Teyte's tour-ing
company of Gounod's Faust.
His varied Broadway career has
included leads in Song of Nor-way
and Allegro. He has been
featured in Canadian productions
of The Desert Song and The Mer-ry
Widow.
Junior member of the Chanti-cleers
is 24-year-old James Mar-tindale,
whose outstanding basso
first won him recognition in his
native Michigan. Following his
graduation from Michigan State,
, Martindale studied in Italy. Up- on his return, he was leading bass
with North Carolina's Grass Roots
opera. His New York activities
Film Auditions
Will Be Monday
Tryouts for a summer film to
be produced by the Evangelical
Lutheran church, division of par-ish
conservation service, will be
held on campus Monday, March
5.
These auditions are not
strictly limited to college stu-dents.
Representatives are
very interested in trying out
anyone who feels qualified.
This includes faculty mem-bers
and local residents of the
Sioux Falls community.
The film will be auditioned by
leading Hollywood producers,
Larry Christenson of the Service
said.
Interested persons are asked to
contact Prof. Earl Mundt imme-diately.
On Saturday, Prof. J.
Kuethe will speak on the
topic, „ To Believe is to
Grow.” Kuethe's speech will
be followed by one and one-half
hour discussion groups.
In the afternoon Rev. Wil-liam
E. Hulme presents the
subject, "To Believe is to
Reach." Banquet speaker is
Dr. Orville Dahl, who will
address the students on the
topic, "To Believe is to Build."
Saturday evening, students will
view a one-act play and attend a
concert by the Luther college
band.
Sunday morning, a holy com-munion
will be celebrated. The
sermon will be given by Rev.
Gerhard Frost.
Housing, registration and ban-quet
fees will total $3.50. This
fee will not cover additional
meals which will be served at the
college cafeteria.
Interested Augustana students
should contact LSA President
Bob Solem immediately.
CHOIR RECORDINGS —
A capella choir finished record-ing
most of the selections they
presented on their recent concert
tour. Dr. Running, director, hopes
that within a month or six weeks
records will be available to the
public. The records will be 12-inch
long play at standard long play
prices.
by Eloise Holtdorf
Staff Writer
MISS RUTH HUGELEN,
director of the Augustana de-partment
of nursing, released
Wednesday the new locations
for the college's student nurse
program. These changes
Jazz Club.
Presents 'Live Music,'
Plans Spring Concert
Augustana's jazz club held a
further organizational meeting
Monday night under the tempo-rary
leadership of Jack Phillips.
Programs for the coming meet-ings
will include "live" music by
various combos in Sioux Falls
and commentaries by visiting disc
jockies from Sioux Falls radio
stations. A regular feature will
be an "artist's night." Members
of the club will present records,
history and ideas of one artist,
and the remainder of the time
will be devoted to the discussion
of and listening to his music.
Policies for membership
were discussed. It was de-cided
to have the club open
to students of the local high
schools.
At present the club is working
on the possibility of a jazz con-cert
by one of the leaders in the
field. The concert is planned for
March or April.
Next meeting of the jazz club
will be March 6, 7:30 p.m. in the
gymnasium.
ST. MATTHEW PASSION —
The "St. Matthew Passion"
will be held' March 18 in the
gym beginning at 3 p.m. The
Passion will be open to the
public, and a free-will offer-ing
will be taken.
The choir also has been asked
to sing The Lord's Prayer as a
sign-off for KELO-TV.
were necessitated by Sioux
Valley hospital's (of Sioux
Falls) termination of their
working agreement with the
college to occur no later than
June 1956.
It was announced by Sioux
Valley hospital authorities
LSA Panel Sunday—
Lutheran Students association
Sunday will hear a panel discus-sion
on The Christian's Place in
the Community. Supper will be
served in the science lounge be-ginning
at 5:30 p.m.
Members of the panel are
Chuck Jerde, Chuck Storslee,
Evelyn Fodness and Anna
Seim. LSA meetings previous
to this discussion have em-phasized
the Christian's role
in mental health and to the
deprived and unfortunate of
the community. Talks were
given by Dr. Roy C. Knowles
of the Mental Health center
and Rev. Robert Borgwardt
of First Lutheran church.
this week that the hospital
will again run its three-year
program for student nurses
independent of college affili-ation.
Beginning March 15, seven
junior nursing students will
be assigned for clinical exper-ience
in general, medical and
surgical nursing, obstetrics
and out-patient nursing ex-perience
at facilities in Water-town,
South Dakota. These
facilities will include t h e
Memorial hospital and the
Barton and Brown clinics.
Following a period on the
Augustana campus for com-pletion
of a senior profes-sional
course, two senior stu-dents
will be assigned to the
Madison community_ hospital
at Madison for "charge duty."
"Charge duty" refers to su-pervisory
responsibility and
work. The Madison clinic is
also approved for experience
in out-patient nursing.
Four junior students who have
not- had nursing practice in the
clinical specialties will affiliate
at the Methodist-Kahler hospital
in Rochester, Minnesota, for the
spring quarter.
Students will continue to
gain experience in the nurs-ing
care of children at the
Children's Memorial hospital
in Omaha, Nebraska, and
public health nursing and ru-ral
nursing will be continued
in the various areas used pre-viously
in the state of South
Dakota.
Facilities for psychiatric nurs-ing
experience are at present be-ing
investigated at mental insti-tutions
in Minnesota. A program
of observation at the Crippled
Children's hospital and school in
Sioux Falls is also planned for
the future.
In a letter written to college
presidents L. M. Stavig and
John W. Headley of South
Dakota State college, Jack
Rogers, Sioux Valley hospital
administrator, h a d stated:
"The facilities, personnel and
financial pictures do not jus-tify
the continuation of the
agreement."
Mission Emphasis
Days Begin Mar.
Representatives of three mission
fields will be on campus for Au-gustana's
annual Mission empha-sis
days, this year March 11, 12,
13 and 14.
Speakers and counselors for the
days will be Miss Ruth Lohne,
missionary to Zululand; Rev. Har-old
Martinson, missionary t o
China; and Rev. Alton Halverson,
missionary to Madagascar.
The sessions are under the di-rection
of the religion board,
Mark Stavig, chairman.
ANNUAL STUDENT conference of the Evangelical Luth-eran
church colleges will be held on the Luther campus next
weekend (March 9, 10, 11). Students will be represented from
Augustana, Concordia, Pacific Lutheran, St. Olaf, Waldorf
college, Fairview school of nursing and Luther theological
seminary.
Registration will be at the Oscar
L. Olson hall, Luther college, De-corah,
Iowa, Friday 3:30 to 5:30
P.m.
Dr. Alvin Rogness, president of
Luther seminary, will lead the
opening session. His topic is To
Believe.
Rogness to Address
Opening ELC Convo

AUGUSTANA •
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO SAY IT
Friday, March 2, 1956 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
VOL. XXXVII—No. 20
Nursing Director Reveals New
Hospital Training Centers
Artist's Series---
Chanticleers to Appear
In Concert Thursday Debaters Enter NW Meet
Win 12 of 15 at Nebraska
AUGIE'S DEBATE squad left Wednesday for the North-west
tourney in St. Paul, co-sponsored by Macalester and
St. Thomas colleges.
Traditionally this tournament is the largest of the for-ensic
season. Nine states will be represented from about 70
colleges and universities.
Last year the Augie girls' team placed third in
the tournament; the boys finished in the top ten
schools classification.
Making the trip are Bob Berdahl, Curt Olsen,
Mike Rogness, Connie Sikkink and Eva Kirchner.
Last weekend Viking teams won a total of 12 debates of
15 entered at the Nebraska Invitational tournament held at
Nebraska university. There were 52 entries from 9 states.
Terry Hokenstad and Berdahl won excellent ratings in
discussion and oratory respectively. Paul Rogness received
a superior in extemporaneous speaking. Teams debating
were Berdahl-Hokenstad, Ray Skoglund-Olsen and Mike-
Paul Rogness.
Student Chest Drive To Open
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the student chest drive will see
that every Viking is contacted in the combined drive scheduled for
March 15-23.
Three efforts are combined in one—foreign students' fund,
Lutheran Student action and the Plymouth Youth center of Minne-apolis.
Pictured above are members of the drive's directing committee:
Marilyn Timm? co-publicity chairman; Carol Larson, secretary; Curt
Olsen, co-publicity chairman; John Vickerman, treasurer; and Vern
Broughton, general chairman.
Now in their second successive season of giving concerts
in the Upper Midwest, the Chanticleers will be heard here
Thursday at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium under the sponsorship
of the artist and lecture series.
Experienced soloists, each
Chanticleer brings to the ensem-ble
a rich background in opera,
radio, TV, concert, Broadway
shows and choral work.
William Diard, tenor, comes to
the Chanticleers from Florida.
A former member of the Miami
opera company, Diard has ap-peared
with the Amato opera
company in New York City and
has toured with the New York
City opera company in that com-pany's
version of Romeo and
Juliet. He has appeared at the
Olympia in Miami and has been
tenor soloist with the Miami sym-phony
orchestra.
Tenor Richard Wright hails
from Ohio. Following his
graduation from the Cincin-nati
conservatory, he attend-ed
the Music Academy of
the West where in addition
to continued vocal work with
Bonelli, he pursued advanced
theory and composition stud-ies
with Schoenberg and Mil-haud.
Arizona-born Raymond Keast,
an alumnus of the San Francisco
conservatory, was awarded a fel-lowship
at Juilliard graduate
school and was a pupil of John
Charles Thomas as well. Keast
has appeared with the San Fran-cisco
opera and sang the role of
Valentine in Maggie Teyte's tour-ing
company of Gounod's Faust.
His varied Broadway career has
included leads in Song of Nor-way
and Allegro. He has been
featured in Canadian productions
of The Desert Song and The Mer-ry
Widow.
Junior member of the Chanti-cleers
is 24-year-old James Mar-tindale,
whose outstanding basso
first won him recognition in his
native Michigan. Following his
graduation from Michigan State,
, Martindale studied in Italy. Up- on his return, he was leading bass
with North Carolina's Grass Roots
opera. His New York activities
Film Auditions
Will Be Monday
Tryouts for a summer film to
be produced by the Evangelical
Lutheran church, division of par-ish
conservation service, will be
held on campus Monday, March
5.
These auditions are not
strictly limited to college stu-dents.
Representatives are
very interested in trying out
anyone who feels qualified.
This includes faculty mem-bers
and local residents of the
Sioux Falls community.
The film will be auditioned by
leading Hollywood producers,
Larry Christenson of the Service
said.
Interested persons are asked to
contact Prof. Earl Mundt imme-diately.
On Saturday, Prof. J.
Kuethe will speak on the
topic, „ To Believe is to
Grow.” Kuethe's speech will
be followed by one and one-half
hour discussion groups.
In the afternoon Rev. Wil-liam
E. Hulme presents the
subject, "To Believe is to
Reach." Banquet speaker is
Dr. Orville Dahl, who will
address the students on the
topic, "To Believe is to Build."
Saturday evening, students will
view a one-act play and attend a
concert by the Luther college
band.
Sunday morning, a holy com-munion
will be celebrated. The
sermon will be given by Rev.
Gerhard Frost.
Housing, registration and ban-quet
fees will total $3.50. This
fee will not cover additional
meals which will be served at the
college cafeteria.
Interested Augustana students
should contact LSA President
Bob Solem immediately.
CHOIR RECORDINGS —
A capella choir finished record-ing
most of the selections they
presented on their recent concert
tour. Dr. Running, director, hopes
that within a month or six weeks
records will be available to the
public. The records will be 12-inch
long play at standard long play
prices.
by Eloise Holtdorf
Staff Writer
MISS RUTH HUGELEN,
director of the Augustana de-partment
of nursing, released
Wednesday the new locations
for the college's student nurse
program. These changes
Jazz Club.
Presents 'Live Music,'
Plans Spring Concert
Augustana's jazz club held a
further organizational meeting
Monday night under the tempo-rary
leadership of Jack Phillips.
Programs for the coming meet-ings
will include "live" music by
various combos in Sioux Falls
and commentaries by visiting disc
jockies from Sioux Falls radio
stations. A regular feature will
be an "artist's night." Members
of the club will present records,
history and ideas of one artist,
and the remainder of the time
will be devoted to the discussion
of and listening to his music.
Policies for membership
were discussed. It was de-cided
to have the club open
to students of the local high
schools.
At present the club is working
on the possibility of a jazz con-cert
by one of the leaders in the
field. The concert is planned for
March or April.
Next meeting of the jazz club
will be March 6, 7:30 p.m. in the
gymnasium.
ST. MATTHEW PASSION —
The "St. Matthew Passion"
will be held' March 18 in the
gym beginning at 3 p.m. The
Passion will be open to the
public, and a free-will offer-ing
will be taken.
The choir also has been asked
to sing The Lord's Prayer as a
sign-off for KELO-TV.
were necessitated by Sioux
Valley hospital's (of Sioux
Falls) termination of their
working agreement with the
college to occur no later than
June 1956.
It was announced by Sioux
Valley hospital authorities
LSA Panel Sunday—
Lutheran Students association
Sunday will hear a panel discus-sion
on The Christian's Place in
the Community. Supper will be
served in the science lounge be-ginning
at 5:30 p.m.
Members of the panel are
Chuck Jerde, Chuck Storslee,
Evelyn Fodness and Anna
Seim. LSA meetings previous
to this discussion have em-phasized
the Christian's role
in mental health and to the
deprived and unfortunate of
the community. Talks were
given by Dr. Roy C. Knowles
of the Mental Health center
and Rev. Robert Borgwardt
of First Lutheran church.
this week that the hospital
will again run its three-year
program for student nurses
independent of college affili-ation.
Beginning March 15, seven
junior nursing students will
be assigned for clinical exper-ience
in general, medical and
surgical nursing, obstetrics
and out-patient nursing ex-perience
at facilities in Water-town,
South Dakota. These
facilities will include t h e
Memorial hospital and the
Barton and Brown clinics.
Following a period on the
Augustana campus for com-pletion
of a senior profes-sional
course, two senior stu-dents
will be assigned to the
Madison community_ hospital
at Madison for "charge duty."
"Charge duty" refers to su-pervisory
responsibility and
work. The Madison clinic is
also approved for experience
in out-patient nursing.
Four junior students who have
not- had nursing practice in the
clinical specialties will affiliate
at the Methodist-Kahler hospital
in Rochester, Minnesota, for the
spring quarter.
Students will continue to
gain experience in the nurs-ing
care of children at the
Children's Memorial hospital
in Omaha, Nebraska, and
public health nursing and ru-ral
nursing will be continued
in the various areas used pre-viously
in the state of South
Dakota.
Facilities for psychiatric nurs-ing
experience are at present be-ing
investigated at mental insti-tutions
in Minnesota. A program
of observation at the Crippled
Children's hospital and school in
Sioux Falls is also planned for
the future.
In a letter written to college
presidents L. M. Stavig and
John W. Headley of South
Dakota State college, Jack
Rogers, Sioux Valley hospital
administrator, h a d stated:
"The facilities, personnel and
financial pictures do not jus-tify
the continuation of the
agreement."
Mission Emphasis
Days Begin Mar.
Representatives of three mission
fields will be on campus for Au-gustana's
annual Mission empha-sis
days, this year March 11, 12,
13 and 14.
Speakers and counselors for the
days will be Miss Ruth Lohne,
missionary to Zululand; Rev. Har-old
Martinson, missionary t o
China; and Rev. Alton Halverson,
missionary to Madagascar.
The sessions are under the di-rection
of the religion board,
Mark Stavig, chairman.
ANNUAL STUDENT conference of the Evangelical Luth-eran
church colleges will be held on the Luther campus next
weekend (March 9, 10, 11). Students will be represented from
Augustana, Concordia, Pacific Lutheran, St. Olaf, Waldorf
college, Fairview school of nursing and Luther theological
seminary.
Registration will be at the Oscar
L. Olson hall, Luther college, De-corah,
Iowa, Friday 3:30 to 5:30
P.m.
Dr. Alvin Rogness, president of
Luther seminary, will lead the
opening session. His topic is To
Believe.
Rogness to Address
Opening ELC Convo